The director reserves the right to cast a black actor to be a protagonist, along with the right to cast a black actor to be an antagonist The director reserves the right to cast a white actor to be a protagonist, along with the right to cast a white actor to be an antagonist […]

Canon is a concept that applies in all arts, it represents the best, the greatest, the ones that should be remembered in history. In film history, it is decided by “our most respected thinkers about film” (Owen Gleiberman, ‘Vertigo’ over ‘Citizen Kane’? Why the new Sight and Sound critics’ poll is full of itself). But […]

“Canon” is described in Owen Gleiberman’s “’Vertigo’ over ‘Citizen Kane’? Why the new Sight and Sound critics’ poll is full of itself” as, “the films that our most respected thinkers about film believe will, and should, live on”. In another word, those films that continue their vitality by having impact on films in the future, at […]